After months of talks, the Gunners finally agreed a fee of £50million with Brighton for promising young defender White, who was part of England’s squad for Euro 2020. A week earlier, Arsenal also had a £15m offer for midfielder Lokonga accepted by Anderlecht, with the Belgian already passing his medical and agreeing personal terms. In the case of Lokonga, football.london report that the official announcement regarding his signing has been held up due to the temporary closure of the club’s London Colney training ground. Despite already having secured three new arrivals – even if two are still waiting to be announced – manager Mikel Arteta still wants to bring in a new right-back, goalkeeper and attacking midfielder in a mammoth summer overhaul. MORE : Mikel Arteta teases arrival of ‘new faces’ after Arsenal agree Ben White feeMORE : Mikel Arteta rates Nuno Tavares performance after full-back scores on Arsenal debut against RangersFor more stories like this, check our sport pageFollow Metro Sport across our social channels, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

Source: Metro July 17, 2021 19:41 UTC